14 CFR 27.161
§ 27.161 Trim control.
United States · 14 CFR — Aeronautics and Space · Status: effective
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- 14 CFR 27.161, § 27.161 Trim control, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/54433
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The trim control—
(a) Must trim any steady longitudinal, lateral, and collective control forces to zero in level flight at any appropriate speed; and
(b) May not introduce any undesirable discontinuities in control force gradients.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.